"series starring James Arness. He appeared six times on Richard Boone's ""Have Gun – Will Travel"" series, set in San Francisco, California. Between 1962 and 1971, he guest starred in five episodes of NBC's most successful western ""Bonanza"" with Lorne Greene. He appeared five times as the Roman Catholic Father Esteban in ABC's ""The Big Valley"" with Barbara Stanwyck. He starred four times in different roles on NBC's ""The Virginian"" with James Drury and Doug McClure. On three occasions, he appeared on CBS's Four Star Production ""Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre"" anthology series. He appeared twice as a sheriff in"
"Gregg Palmer Gregg Palmer (born Palmer Edvind Lee; January 25, 1927 – October 31, 2015) was an American actor, known primarily for his work in television westerns. He appeared from 1960-1975 in varying roles in twenty episodes of CBS's ""Gunsmoke"" with James Arness, thirteen segments of the syndicated ""Death Valley Days"", and nine episodes of NBC's ""The Virginian"" starring James Drury in the title role. He guest starred five times on ""Bonanza"", NBC's longest-running western. Palmer Edvind Lee was born to Norwegian immigrant parents in San Francisco, California. He entered the United States Army Air Corps, forerunner of the Air"
"his career, Drury appeared as Neal Adams in the episode ""Client Neal Adams"" of ABC's western series ""Black Saddle"". In the story line, Adams is an old friend of series protagonist Clay Culhane, a gunfighter-turned-lawyer played by Peter Breck. Adams has robbed a bank of $8,000 and was subsequently shot in the back by a pursuing bounty hunter, played by Charles Aidman. Adams asks Culhane for help and makes the false claim that the bounty hunter is the brother of a man whom Adams had earlier killed in self-defense. In 1960, Drury appeared in different roles in two episodes, ""Fair"
"Game"" and ""Vindication"" of another ABC western series, ""The Rebel"", starring Nick Adams as a Confederate adventurer roaming through the post-Civil War American West. On November 16, 1960, Drury played young pioneer Justin Claiborne in the episode ""The Bleymier Story"" of NBC's ""Wagon Train"". In 1960, Drury portrayed Joe Darle in the episode ""Wall of Silence"" of the ABC/Warner Brothers detective series, ""Bourbon Street Beat"". He made a memorable guest appearance on the CBS drama series ""Perry Mason"" in 1961, as he played the role of musician and defendant Eddy King in ""The Case of the Missing Melody"". He appeared"
"(1957) and ""The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock"" (1959) and the television series, ""Bonanza"" and ""Cimarron Strip,"" before it burned to the ground in the massive Newhall/Malibu fire of 1970. The series continued in reruns on NBC until 1966 and was syndicated throughout the 1960s and 1970s by ITC Entertainment, which produced the series. Fury (TV series) Fury (retitled Brave Stallion in syndicated reruns) is an American western television series that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1960. It stars Peter Graves as Jim Newton, who operates the Broken Wheel Ranch in California; Bobby Diamond as Jim's adopted son,"
"Movies4Men. US over-the-air network Decades also aired episodes of the show for one day in October 2015. Cimarron Strip Cimarron Strip is an American Western television series starring Stuart Whitman as Marshal Jim Crown. The series was produced by the creators of ""Gunsmoke"" and aired on CBS from September 1967 to March 1968. Reruns of the original show were aired in the summer of 1971. ""Cimarron Strip"" is one of only three 90-minute weekly Western series that aired during the 1960s (the others are ""The Virginian"" and, for one season, ""Wagon Train""), and the only 90-minute series of any kind"
"and appeared in TV series including ""Dynasty"" and ""The Young Riders"", in which he had a four-episode recurring role. His films in the 2010s include ""The Paperboy"" (2012) and ""Parkland"" (2013). In 2014, the production company L’Amoreaux/Bartlett/Race/Thomas sought actors for an independent TV pilot, ""Bandits and Tadpoles"", written by Bartlett and Thomas and directed by Clarke, about a young boy whose daydreams put him in the American Old West of the Owen Wister novel ""The Virginian"". It filmed June 26–30, 2014, near Austin, Texas, under the title ""Billy and the Bandit"", with a cast including James Drury and Roberta Shore,"
"fact the executive who had commissioned the show was no longer in his job by then. Among the guest stars were Chris Alcaide, Med Flory, Ron Hayes, Roger Mobley, Stuart Randall, Barbara Stuart, and Olive Sturgess. On September 6, 2011, Timeless Media Group released ""Destry- The Complete Series"" on DVD in Region 1. Destry (TV series) Destry is a Western television series starring John Gavin that aired on the ABC television network from February 14, 1964 until May 8, 1964. Destry was based on the classic James Stewart Western, ""Destry Rides Again"", and a subsequent remake, ""Destry"", starring Audie Murphy."
"Cimarron Strip Cimarron Strip is an American Western television series starring Stuart Whitman as Marshal Jim Crown. The series was produced by the creators of ""Gunsmoke"" and aired on CBS from September 1967 to March 1968. Reruns of the original show were aired in the summer of 1971. ""Cimarron Strip"" is one of only three 90-minute weekly Western series that aired during the 1960s (the others are ""The Virginian"" and, for one season, ""Wagon Train""), and the only 90-minute series of any kind to be centered primarily around one lead character in almost every episode. The series theme and pilot"
"of NBC's ""Laramie"" western series. Duryea appeared again as Luke Gregg on ""Laramie"" on October 25, 1960, in the episode ""The Long Riders"". Duryea also put in a great comic performance in ""The Alfred Hitchcock Hour"" in an episode called ""Three Wives Too Many"" (1964). Three weeks later, on November 16, 1960, Duryea played a mentally unstable pioneer obsessed by demons and superstitions in ""The Bleymier Story"" of NBC's ""Wagon Train"". Elen Willard played his daughter; James Drury, his daughter's suitor. Duryea was cast twice in 1960 as Captain Brad Turner in consecutive episodes of the NBC western series ""Riverboat""."
"ended its run, Fuller jumped to another western, ""Wagon Train,"" alongside John McIntire (a veteran film actor, a two-time guest-star on ""Laramie,"" and a future star of ""The Virginian),"" Frank McGrath, and Terry Wilson. According to an August 17, 2009 interview for ""On Screen and Beyond,"" Fuller noted that he was not brought into the show to replace Robert Horton (an actor Fuller met in 1954, when he and friend James Drury were under contract at MGM, and befriended for 62 years until Horton's death in March 2016) in the role of the wagon train scout. He resembled Horton and"
"together in the last season. The ranch itself played a very nominal part in season 9, with most scripts featuring the four stars away from the ranch. There seemed little that could save it, as the final season brought in several big guest stars to the remaining episodes. The studio and network were set on ending the series, as evidenced by rivals CBS and ABC making demographic moves away from rural-oriented shows (see ""rural purge"" for more information). The final episode aired on March 24, 1971, ending the show's nine-season run. Played by James Drury,<ref name=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWet2qgieVc""></ref> the Virginian was the"
"Fury (TV series) Fury (retitled Brave Stallion in syndicated reruns) is an American western television series that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1960. It stars Peter Graves as Jim Newton, who operates the Broken Wheel Ranch in California; Bobby Diamond as Jim's adopted son, Joey Clark Newton, and William Fawcett as ranch hand Pete Wilkey. Roger Mobley co-starred in the two final seasons as Homer ""Packy"" Lambert, a friend of Joey's. The frequent introduction to the show depicts the beloved stallion running inside the corral and approaching the camera as the announcer reads: ""FURY!..The story of a horse..and a"
"sheriff-oriented western with the modern big-city crime drama. Its companion series ""Hec Ramsey"" was a lighthearted who-dunnit mystery series set in the late Western era, starring Richard Boone (previously of the traditional Western ""Have Gun, Will Travel""; Boone described the characters in each series as very similar) as a retired gunfighter turned detective. ""Cimarron Strip"", a lavish 90-minute 1967 series starring Stuart Whitman as a U.S. Marshal, was canceled after a single season primarily because of its unprecedented expense. ""Nichols"" featured former ""Maverick"" star James Garner as a motorcycle-riding, unarmed peacemaker in a late-era Western setting. The low-budget sitcom ""Dusty's"
"William Smithers William Smithers (born July 10, 1927 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his recurring role as Jeremy Wendell in the television series ""Dallas"". He appeared in the series in 1981 and from 1984 to 1989. Smithers attended Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and Catholic University in Washington, D.C. After his freshman year, he was chosen to play the leading role of Thomas Jefferson in the first production of Paul Green's ""The Common Glory"", presented at Williamsburg, Virginia. NY Times critic Brooks Atkinson called him ""worth encouraging."" In 1951, he made his Broadway debut as"
"""The Lucy Show"" on CBS and Richard Chamberlain's ""Dr. Kildare"" medical drama on NBC. The TV series was adapted into a comic strip by Dan Spiegle, distributed by Gold Key Comics. The Legend of Jesse James (TV series) The Legend of Jesse James is an American western series starring Christopher Jones in the title role of notorious outlaw Jesse James. The series aired on ABC from September 13, 1965, to May 9, 1966. Allen Case joined Jones as Jesse's brother, Frank James. The series portrays James as a 19th-century Robin Hood in Missouri, who robbed trains and banks to repay"
"Jefferson Drum Jefferson Drum, also known as The Pen and the Quill, is an American Western television series starring Jeff Richards that aired on the NBC network from April 25 to December 11, 1958. Jefferson Drum, portrayed by Jeff Richards, is a crusading newspaper editor in the Old West town of Jubilee. A widower, he rears his son, Joey, played by 10-year-old Eugene Mazzola, also known as Eugene Martin. Drum's printer is Lucius Coin, played by Cyril Delevanti. Big Ed, the town bartender, is portrayed by Robert J. Stevenson, later a member of the Los Angeles City Council. Hal J."
"most successful acting role, that of Skip Johnson, in all seventy-four episodes of the syndicated adventure television series ""Rescue 8"", with co-star Jim Davis as Wes Cameron. The Screen Gems program offered heart-warming accounts of difficult rescues completed by the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Davis was later cast as the indomitable Jock Ewing of CBS's prime time soap opera ""Dallas"". In 1960, Jeffries and John McIntire, later of ""Wagon Train"", guest-starred in the episode ""The Most Dangerous Gentleman"" in the short-lived NBC western series, ""Overland Trail"" starring William Bendix and Doug McClure. On October 9, 1961, only three months"
"Council to the city's Arts Advisory Committee. William Smithers William Smithers (born July 10, 1927 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his recurring role as Jeremy Wendell in the television series ""Dallas"". He appeared in the series in 1981 and from 1984 to 1989. Smithers attended Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and Catholic University in Washington, D.C. After his freshman year, he was chosen to play the leading role of Thomas Jefferson in the first production of Paul Green's ""The Common Glory"", presented at Williamsburg, Virginia. NY Times critic Brooks Atkinson called him ""worth encouraging."" In"
"David St. James David Francis St. James (Honolulu, Hawaii; born September 4, 1947) is an American actor. In 1989, St. James began his acting career, with an appearance in the movie ""Man Trouble"". St. James is most known for his reoccurring roles in multiple television series, including ""iCarly"", ""General Hospital,"" ""Beverly Hills, 90210"", ""The Neighbors"", ""Big Love"", ""Monk"", ""Preacher"", ""The West Wing"", ""Frasier"", and others. St. James appears in ""The West Wing"", as Congressman Darren Gibson and as the cruel high school math teacher Mr. Howard in iCarly, a role in which he disliked the students and his wife. He"
"before it was cancelled. Jefferson Drum Jefferson Drum, also known as The Pen and the Quill, is an American Western television series starring Jeff Richards that aired on the NBC network from April 25 to December 11, 1958. Jefferson Drum, portrayed by Jeff Richards, is a crusading newspaper editor in the Old West town of Jubilee. A widower, he rears his son, Joey, played by 10-year-old Eugene Mazzola, also known as Eugene Martin. Drum's printer is Lucius Coin, played by Cyril Delevanti. Big Ed, the town bartender, is portrayed by Robert J. Stevenson, later a member of the Los Angeles"
"The Westerner (TV series) The Westerner is a highbrow American Western series that aired on NBC from September 30 to December 30, 1960. Created, written and produced by Sam Peckinpah, who also directed some episodes, the series was a Four Star Television production. ""The Westerner"" stars Brian Keith as amiable, unexceptional cowhand/drifter Dave Blassingame, and features John Dehner as rakish Burgundy Smith, who appeared in three episodes. Dave Blassingame was a basically decent, ordinary man who was handy with a gun and his fists (and, when the occasion arose, the ladies). A cowboy and drifter, he could sometimes behave amorally"
"Laramie (TV series) Laramie was an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman; Robert Fuller as Jess Harper; Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy; and Robert L. Crawford, Jr. as Andy Sherman. Actress Spring Byington was later added to the cast. STARZ!'s Westerns Channel and the Grit network began airing the series in July 2015. The two Sherman brothers and a drifter, Jess Harper, come together to run a stagecoach stop for the Great Central Overland Mail Company after the Shermans' father, Matt, was"
"The Legend of Jesse James (TV series) The Legend of Jesse James is an American western series starring Christopher Jones in the title role of notorious outlaw Jesse James. The series aired on ABC from September 13, 1965, to May 9, 1966. Allen Case joined Jones as Jesse's brother, Frank James. The series portrays James as a 19th-century Robin Hood in Missouri, who robbed trains and banks to repay local residents whose property had been confiscated by railroad barons or greedy Northern bankers. The series depicts the barons as demanding that Mrs. James sell them her ranch. Other cast members"
"Destry (TV series) Destry is a Western television series starring John Gavin that aired on the ABC television network from February 14, 1964 until May 8, 1964. Destry was based on the classic James Stewart Western, ""Destry Rides Again"", and a subsequent remake, ""Destry"", starring Audie Murphy. In the original films, the main character was Tom Destry, a Western lawman who was a crack shot, but who preferred non-violent solutions to problems with outlaws. In the television series, Gavin played Harrison Destry, son of Tom, who had himself been a lawman until he was framed for a crime and sent"
"health. The episode also stars Gregg Palmer as Jacob. It was filmed at Pipe Spring National Monument in Utah. Ella Stewart is an ancestor of the Udall family of southwestern politics. Keymas’s ‘Indian’ roles came in many other popular TV westerns series of the day such as: ""Daniel Boone"", “Death Valley Days”, ""The High Chaparral"", ""Gunsmoke"", and ""Bonanza"" among many others. George Keymas George Keymas (1925–2008) was an American film and television actor. Popular pockmarked, American film and television actor began his Hollywood career in 1950, mainly in popular western fare of the day. His first screen appearance was in"
"such as crime drama and mystery whodunit elements. Western shows from the 1970s included ""Hec Ramsey"", ""Kung Fu"", ""Little House on the Prairie"", and ""McCloud"". In the 1990s and 2000s, hour-long Westerns and slickly packaged made-for-TV movie Westerns were introduced, such as: ""Lonesome Dove"" (1989) and ""Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"". As well, new elements were once again added to the Western formula, such as the Western-science fiction show ""Firefly"", created by Joss Whedon in 2002. ""Deadwood"" was a critically acclaimed Western series which aired on HBO from 2004 through 2006. A number of visual artists focused their work on representations"
"when he was cast as Prince Arthur, who later becomes the legendary King Arthur, in the BBC One fantasy TV series ""Merlin"". The show was a consistent hit series in the US; its first season was shown on the broadcast network NBC and its second, third, fourth, and fifth seasons on NBC's affiliate cable network Syfy. ""Merlin"" ended its 5-year run in 2012. James and co-star Colin Morgan went on an exploration of Arthurian legends for BBC Wales, ""The Real Merlin & Arthur"", in 2009. James also guest-starred as Edgar in the fourth season of the Emmy Award winning political"
"amid the isolation. As it develops, Mary is not interested so much in story ideas but in the body of a man buried in a nearby glacier and missing gold. Some four years before the debut of his ""The Virginian"", James Drury plays the part of John Smith, who develops a romantic interest in Mary. Edgar Stehli (1884–1973) plays the part of ""Pancake"" Riddle. Warner Bros. has released the first three seasons on DVD in Region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. These are manufacture-on-demand (MOD) releases, available through Warner's online store and Amazon.com. The fourth and final season was"
"an episode of the western TV series ""Cheyenne""; ""The Saga of Waco Williams"" with Wayde Preston and Louise Fletcher, which drew the largest viewership of the series; ""Gun-Shy"", a spoof of ""Gunsmoke""; and ""Duel at Sundown"" with Clint Eastwood as a fist-fighting and gun-slinging villain in an epic showdown with Garner's Bret Maverick, also featuring Edgar Buchanan and Abby Dalton in large supporting roles. Jack Kelly's favorite episode was ""Two Beggars On Horseback"", a sweeping adventure that depicted a frenzied race between Bret and Bart to cash a check, the only time in the series that Kelly also wore a"
"connection to wildlife who helps others who visit his wilderness refuge. ""Dallas"" took the soap opera genre and put it into a Western setting. The 1990s saw the networks filming Western movies on their own. These include Louis L'Amour's ""Conagher"" starring Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross, Tony Hillerman's ""The Dark Wind"", ""The Last Outlaw"", ""The Jack Bull"", ""The Cisco Kid"", ""The Cherokee Kid"", and the TV series ""Lonesome Dove"". ""Zorro"" was remade with Duncan Regehr for The Family Channel filmed in Madrid, Spain. ""Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"" was an American western/dramatic television series created by Beth Sullivan. It ran on"
"Simon Williams (actor) Simon Williams (born 16 June 1946) is an English actor known for playing James Bellamy in the period drama ""Upstairs, Downstairs"". Frequently playing upper middle class or aristocratic upper class roles, he is also known for playing Charles Cartwright in the sitcom ""Don't Wait Up"" and Charles Merrick in medical drama ""Holby City"". Since 2014, he has played the character of Justin Elliott in the long-running BBC Radio 4 series ""The Archers"". Simon Williams was born in Windsor, in 1946; his parents were actor Hugh Williams and actor/model Margaret Vyner. His sister Polly married his ""Don't Wait"
"2012, Timeless Media Group released ""Overland Trail- The Complete Series"" on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. Overland Trail (TV series) Overland Trail is an American Western series starring William Bendix and Doug McClure which aired on NBC from February 7 to June 6, 1960. Bendix portrayed Frederick Thomas ""Fred"" Kelly, fictitious superintendent of the Overland Stage Company. McClure appeared as Frank ""Flip"" Flippen, Bendix's young associate. ""Overland Trail"" aired opposite ""Lassie"" and ""Dennis the Menace"" on CBS and ""Walt Disney Presents"" and ""Maverick"" on ABC. ""Overland Trail"" left the air on September 11, 1960, after summer"